We got em right where we want 'em baby!
I wasn't even going to say anything but I have to give my analysis of the game and of the rest of the series.
First of all, Blanton did fine. Let's not bother second guessing that whole decision. He did no worse than Pettitte the other night. And CC certainly didn't shut us down, he was behind a lot of batters, and Utley ONCE AGAIN banged him.
I initially thought that Damon taking third didn't matter, because with 2 outs, if A-rod gets a hit, he's scoring regardless. But then after I thought about it, Lidge has that nasty slider that he likes to throw where it drops hard and sometimes bounces in front of the catcher. With Damon being on third, now Lidge can't take the chance and throw that pitch. Hats off to Damon for making that move. There's no real way of knowing if that's what helped get A-rod a hit or not, but it certainly didn't HURT.
Now, the rest of the series...
Full rested Lee against a short rested AJ. AJ was brilliant on regular rest, so I have no clue how he might pitch tonight. Maybe we get the win just on another stellar Lee outing.
Beyond that, we got full rest Pedro vs. short rest Pettitte. Full rest Pettitte wasn't that great, so I like our chances against him on short rest. And I know you guys are Pedro's daddy and all at the Yank, but you never know
And then game 7 would feature full rested Hamels (god help us) against ANOTHER short rested CC, who quite frankly guys, isn't exactly shutting us down.
Obviously these are practically insurmountable odds to overcome at this point, but you Yankee fans certainly don't forget '04. We don't give up no matter what the situation is. Sometimes I could almost swear we give up a lead on PURPOSE just because we LIKE to come from behind. We seem to play a lot better with our backs against the wall.
So like I said, we got you where we want you!
in closing, congrats on the win. And we'll just see what happens tonight!
